(Somewhere in Time) group and there was one member named Ali Matheson! She ended up being Richard's daughter and gave me some insight on her father's stories, being on set of his productions. I made the mistake of lending the book out to female Co-workers only to have it 'Conveniently misplaced' 4 times! Yes it is that good. I told eople about this book and how (at the time) I read 3 times.

And one of King and Spielberg's favorite authors? I think I read that Matheson was an influence on Kubrik too? I saw that Matheson has been a major staple in Horror, Sci-fi, Romance, etc? This story encompasses them all. All of the aforementioned? Matheson! He was a fellow Jersey boy as well. It grabs you from the beginning and never let's go.

WOW! The first time I read it I finished the entire thing in a little over a day. A few days into it she said 'This story is way better than the movie and it was written by the same guy Richard Matheson that wrote 'Somewhere in Time'! I had to read it to see if she knew good stories. a girl I was dating at the time was an avid bookworm and she decided to read the paperback. then in the 90's I fell in love with my 2nd most favorite movie of all time 'What Dreams May Come'. a movie that scared the Hell out of me was Spielberg's first major picture 'Duel'. My favorite movie (still to this day) is 1980's 'Somewhere in Time'. I also loved Vincent Price's renditions of Edgar Allen Poe's 'The Fall of the House of Usher' and 'The Pit snd the Pendulum'. 'Nightmare at 20,000 Feet', 'The monsters are due on Maple St.' etc. I grew up watching the original Twilight Zone marathons and of course had my favs. It was an exercise of determination for me to persist through to the end and now that I have finished the wishy washy philosophical mashup of heaven, hell, reincarnation and eternal love of soul mates that is the ending to the story, I offer you one word to sum up this book - twaddle. The narration doesn't help either - it's like a smarmy self help therapist and it grated on me the whole way through. After his death he sets about disregarding the advice of EVERYONE in the afterlife who he asks advice from and attempts to reconnect with his wife. I am only slightly exaggerating by reporting that nearly every sentence for the first three quarters of the book is some variation of 'I needed to see Anne' or 'I needed to talk to Anne' or 'I needed to help Anne'. Chris is a man who has died but can't let go of his wife - however he can barely muster anywhere near the same determination about his four children. If you have a low tolerance for weak and whiny characters, this might be a book to avoid. If you don't like weak characters, pass on this

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